NY: Crown Publishers, 1941. Abbott, Berenice. First edition. Small 4to., viii, 182 pp., illustrated with b&w photos. Aside from the usual discoloration at the pastedowns due to the binder's glue, a very good copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that is lacking a few small chips and a few short... More
Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt, 1900. First edition. 12mo., 66 pp., (12) adverts., 5 photographic plates tipped to colored mounts, other illustrations in text. A rubbed photographic plate mounted on upper board. The title page has been reattached on a tab; several ex-library stamps. A good copy. Includes 2 portraits by... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1878. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 326 pp., illustrations, diagrams. Recased in the publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt on the spine and debossed in blind on the boards, with new endpapers. A few light stains to the first few leaves; else very good. The author presents the... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1876. Third edition. 8vo., viii, 196 pp., original Woodburytype frontispiece, illustrations in text, adverts. Cloth. Ex-library with stamp on endpaper, envelope on pastedown, numbers on spine but no other markings. Rubbed along the hinges, else very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a.... More
Boston: NYGS / Little, Brown and Company, [1983]. Adams, Ansel. First edition thus. 8vo., x, 210 pp., numerous b&w photos and illustrations. The original price sticker is affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket. A fine copy. The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 3, revised and... More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1970. Adams, Ansel. First revised edition. 8vo., 304 pp., illustrated. Near fine in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket. For those who still use film and the darkroom, an essential reference and manual. For those of the digital era, yes, even you can benifit from... More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter... More
NY: Lustrum Press, 1980. Erwitt, Elliott. First edition. 4to., 175 pp., b&w plates. Near fine in photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Statements and photos by: Robert Adams, Mark Cohen, Judy Dater, Elliott Erwitt, Ralph Gibson, John Gossage, Horst, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, et al. More
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1904-1908. First edition. Small 4tos., each volume approx. 700 pp., tipped-in and mounted plates, other illustrations in text, and illustrated adverts and appendices. 4 volumes: 1904, 1905, 1907 and 1908. All volumes in publisher's printed cloth, which is slightly soiled, with advert stamped on the top or... More
NY: NYGS, 1975. First American edition. 4to., 285 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in illustrated dw. More
San Francisco: San Francisco Artspace, 1989. Babcock, Jo. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (12) pp., 10 b&w photos. Die-cut stiff wrappers. Very good. Jo Babcock transforms objects into pinhole cameras -- suitcases, paint cans, mailboxes, gallery spaces and even Volkswagen buses. Babcock received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., 16 pp. publisher's catalogue, charts and tables. Bound in quarter black morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine is six compartments and titled in gilt. Original printed stiff wrappers are bound in. An occasional light... More
Garden City: Amphoto, 1973. Facsimile of 1855. with new material. 8vo., (7) 83 pp., plus illustrations. Very good in moderately soiled dust jacket. A classic in photographic literature. Bede (Bradley) wrote and illustrated this humorous instructional manual. More
Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1863. First edition. 12 mo., 22 pp. Original printed wrappers. Mild marginal dampstain and an occasional spot of foxing at the edges. A very good copy housed in a pamphlet case of cloth over boards with printed labels. By 1854, Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie, was a.... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, [1861]. First edition. 16mo., 129 pp. Printed wrappers. A segment of the front wrapper, which was lacking, has been replace with no loss of text; author / title in holograph was added to the spine. A tear on the title page has been repaired on the blank... More
Paris: Leiber, 1862. First edition. 8vo., [ii], [2], 413, [blank 414], 419-420 pp. [i.e. 416 pages, and complete]. Original printed wrappers, bound in modern half brown morocco and marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments, titled in gilt. Publisher's address eradicated from the front wrapper with no... More
Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1854. First edition. 8vo., 208 pp., 3 pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, which are slightly chipped at the spine ends, with a short tear at the front joint. Scattered foxing, with a few chemical stains. A very good copy. Auguste Belloc, born in Paris in 1800, was a.... More
London: The Kinematograph Weekly, 1911. First edition. 8vo., v, [2], 271 pp., plus 40 pp. adverts. Gilt-titled green cloth. Previous owner's calling card affixed to the front pastedown and signature on the half-title page; dampstain to the lower portion of the front board through to corresponding portion of the third... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1898. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 139 pp. The printed paper wrappers are moderately age-toned, with a shallow crease at the lower tip and the publisher's price sticker affixed to the rear wrapper; else near fine and unopened. A complete guide to the equipment, sensitized materials... More
Melun: Imprimerie Administratice, 1893. Nouvelle edition. Small 4to., lxxxiv, 148 pp., frontispiece, illustrated and charts in text. [bound with] IDENTIFICATION ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUE. INSTRUCTIONS SIGNALÉTIQUES. ALBUM: PREMIÈRE PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX OBSERVATIONS ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUES. [and] DEUXIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX RENSEIGNEMENTS DESCRIPTIFS. [and] TROISIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AU RELEVÉ DES MARQUES PARTICULIÈRES. Melun... More
Livorno: Raffaello Giusti, 1878. First edition. 8vo., 250, (1) pp., 41 figures in text. Later cloth with spine label. Scattered light foxing, else very good. A practical and chemical manual which includes a summary of photographic history. More
London: George Knight and Sons, 1850. Fourth edition. 16mo., 60 pp., illustrations in text, 4 pp. adverts. Original printed paper wrappers. The front wrapper bears the contemporary signature of the original owner and is moderately soiled, with wear and partial separation at the spine. The lower tips of several text... More
London: Biggs and Sons, (1905). 12mo., 228, iv pp., text illustrations, plus adverts. Cloth. A small numbered paper disc is affixed to the front board. A very good copy. More
Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated paper wrappers. Creased, occasional staining, else very good. Housed in a newly made morocco and cloth clamshell box. Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and notable publisher of outstanding... More
Blanquart-Évrard, [Louis Désiré]. LES COULEURS EN PHOTOGRAPHIE: CAUSERIE. Offprint from: Memoires de la Société des Sciences, de L'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille. 3rd series, volume 9. [Lille: L. Danel, 1871]. First edition. 8vo., 12 pp., with 4 photographic plates. Bound in contemporary yellow paper wrappers with the author and... More